An investigation of brain synchrony between students and their teacher during an EFL lesson

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26370645
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Foreign language education
• Research Institution: Kyoto Junior College of Foreign Languages (2016); Osaka International University (2014-2015)
• Principal Investigator: Yamamoto Reiko 京都外国語短期大学, キャリア英語科, 准教授 (60637031)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 同調 / 超小型赤外分光測定装置NIRS / 第二言語習得

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, it was investigated whether synchrony between the teacher and the students during the warm-up activities and during the language learning tasks of an EFL lesson would occur. It was found that the synchrony was present during the warm-up activities and the language tasks; the synchrony of the warm-up activities before the language learning task did not influence the level of synchrony during the language learning tasks; the synchrony during the warm-up activities was greater than that during the language learning tasks; and a higher degree of brain synchronization occurred when more student body movements were observed in the warm-up activities.

Free Research Field

英語教育学